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Ethereal But Ozone-eating

ICTMN Staff

3/27/11

These ethereal polar clouds, stunning to look at, form when stratospheric temperatures drop below –108 Fahrenheit. Composed of frozen nitric acid and sulfuric acid, they portend a thinning of the ozone layer. This spring a large hole is developing in the ozone above the Arctic, scientists say.

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